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An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought
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Michael P Hornsby-Smith |
Michael Hornsby-Smith offers an overview of Catholic social thought particularly in recent decades. While drawing on official teaching such as papal encyclicals and the pastoral letters of bishops' c… |
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Godly seed
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Allan C. Carlson |
In an ironic twist, American evangelical leaders are joining mainstream acceptance of contraception. Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873-1973, examines how mid-twentieth-ce… |
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Genetic engineering
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Lauri S. Friedman |
"Genetic Engineering: Is Genetic Engineering Ethical?; Should Society Embrace Genetically Engineered Food?; How Should Genetic Engineering Be Regulated?"-- |
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Quaranteen
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Lex Thomas |
When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarant… |
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Partials
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Dan Wells |
"In a post-apocalyptic eastern seaboard ravaged by disease and war with a manmade race of people called Partials, the chance at a future rests in the hands of Kira Walker, a sixteen-year-old medic in… |
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The Ship of Lost Souls
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Rachelle Delaney |
Twelve-year-old Captain Scarlet McCray rescues Jem Fitzgerald and offers to help find his Uncle Finn's treasure in hopes of entertaining her crew, the infamous Lost Souls, and possibly persuading Jem… |
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I Swear
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Lane Davis |
**Who's to blame when bullying leads to suicide? A gripping exploration of crucial importance seeks answers in and out of the courtroom.**
After years of abuse from her classmates, Leslie Gatlin d… |
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The brides of Rollrock Island
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Margo Lanagan |
"On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings--and to catch their wives. The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of… |
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Don't You Wish
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Roxanne St. Claire |
What if your mom had married someone else?
Would you still be you?
When plain and unpopular Annie Nutter gets zapped by one of her dad's whacked-out inventions, she lands in a parallel universe… |
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Ask the passengers
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A. S. King |
"Astrid Jones copes with her small town's gossip and narrow-mindedness by staring at the sky and imagining that she's sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying high over her backyard. Ma… |
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Carter's unfocused, one-track mind
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Brent Crawford |
Fifteen-year-old WIll Carter's sophomore year at Merrian High presents new problems, from the return of Scary Terry to friends-with-benefits negotiations with Abby, but when Abby considers transferri… |
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Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters
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Marissa Moss |
In her diary of doodles and writings, Daphne explores her efforts to become friends with Imogen, a fellow fourth-grader, which means pretending to become pals with Imogen's best friend, Darla. |
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SPF 40
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Sharon Emerson |
Zebrafish the band has disbanded, at least for the summer, but the members continue to try to make a positive difference in the world through different projects, including inspiring campers at Stickl… |
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Personal effects
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E. M. Kokie |
Matt has been sleepwalking through life while seeking answers about his brother T.J.'s death in Iraq, but after discovering that he may not have known his brother as well as he thought he did, Matt i… |
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The turning
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Francine Prose |
"A teen boy becomes the babysitter for two very peculiar children on a haunted island in this modern retelling of The Turn of the Screw"-- |
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Paradise
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Joanna Nadin |
When sixteen-year-old Billie Paradise unexpectedly inherits her grandmother's seaside house she gains not only the opportunity to move with her mother and half brother from their cramped London apart… |
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Anthem for Jackson Dawes
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Celia Bryce |
When Megan, thirteen, arrives for her first cancer treatment, she is frustrated to be on the pediatric unit where the only other teen is Jackson Dawes, who is as cute and charming as he is rebellious… |
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Eggplant Alley
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D. M. Cataneo |
Thirteen-year-old Nicky Martini lives in an apartment complex, known as Eggplant Alley, in the Bronx in 1970 and struggles to cope with a changing family, a changing neighborhood, and a changing worl… |
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Taking aim
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Michael Cart |
"This anthology of stories from acclaimed young adult authors examines the thought-provoking issues of gun violence, gun control, and gun ownership"-- |
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Summer's friendship games
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Elise Allen |
After secretly becoming friends with Thunderbolt, one of the mischievous Weeds, Summer invites him to her beach party but his brothers tag along, ruining the party, and the two teams of magical sibli… |
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